Why was this happening?
Zhu Yan said, “I have one month, maybe two. But I still don’t know if, there might be a chance… you don’t need to despair. This matter isn’t necessarily a foregone conclusion.”
After saying these words, Zhu Yan simply rose up, pushed open the door and left.
Lan Yunyue was left behind, sitting in her chair. She looked as if her soul had been lost. She knew her situation. Although Zhu Yan had said there was an opportunity, she was not naïve enough to believe this. If she ever became an obstacle in his path, even if just a little, he would not hesitate to get rid of her!
Thinking of this, Lan Yunyue felt a surge of inexplicable sorrow.
She absentmindedly rose, opened the door and left.
The main hall of the Great Clarity Pavilion always resounded with boisterous noise and chatter. A crowd of aristocratic sons indulged in their desires and were having fun, raising goblets to drink from. The delicate bronze goblets were covered with a lifelike design, as if it were the mouth of a monster that was opening its jaws wide to swallow her…
Luxurious halls, velvet rugs, the gentle sounds of lofty strings and wind instruments, fine jade plates and golden bowls filled with the best delicacies… she had once longed for these in her dreams and pursued them, but now they only made her feel desolate.
She walked down the staircase and out of the Great Clarity Pavilion.
The autumn night had a breezy coolness to it, and the blowing wind had a touch of dew; it was somber and wistful.
The truth was, Zhu Yan was not wrong… Lan Yunyue understood the reason he said those few words tonight, and did not feel any resentment towards him.
She had chosen Zhu Yan. She chose him because Zhu Yan brought to her great wealth, and thus a longer youth.
If one day Zhu Yan lost his status to women, then even his wife might leave him…
This truth, how could Zhu Yan not understand?
If one chooses splendor, then they have to be able to withstand the bitterness and pain behind that splendor, but… she understood this principle too late.